SAQ employee allegedly punches customer multiple times after mask disagreement, police investigation underway

Quebec’s alcohol retailer, the SAQ, has suspended one of its cashiers who allegedly punched a customer multiple times in the head Thursday during a fight that started because they weren't wearing a mask. Both the SAQ and Montreal police have opened investigations.

The fight broke out after the customer refused to be served by the 39-year-old cashier who allegedly was not wearing a mask.

The customer, Mario Gosselin, says he still feels shaken by the event.

"I thought I was being killed,” he told CTV. “I thought he was killing me."

Gosselin had been waiting in line at the SAQ in Montreal North when she says he heard the unmasked cashier mocking public health measures.